GKN PLC Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMGKN 
 
GKN plc (the "Company") 
 
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800QNZ22GS95OSW84 
 
 Classification of Information: 2.3 Major shareholding notifications 
 
The following notification was received by the Company on 22 February 2018. 
 
Cathy De Feo 
 
Global Share Schemes Manager 
 
23 February 2018 
 
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings 
 
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the 
FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i 
 
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                       GKN plc 
issuer of existing shares to which voting 
rights are attachedii: 
 
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer   (please mark with an "X" 
if appropriate) 
 
Non-UK issuer 
 
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with 
an "X") 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
 
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments                                       X 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 
Other (please specify)iii: 
 
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv 
 
Name 
 
City and country of registered office (if 
applicable) 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v 
 
Name                                            Goldman Sachs International 
 
City and country of registered office (if       Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London 
applicable)                                     EC4A 2BB, UK 
 
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or   20/02/2018 
reachedvi: 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):  22/02/2018 
 
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
 
                      % of voting     % of voting rights  Total of both in  Total number of 
                    rights attached   through financial     % (8.A + 8.B)   voting rights of 
                   to shares (total      instruments                        issuervii 
                       of 8. A)       (total of 8.B 1 + 
                                            8.B 2) 
 
Resulting                0.05%              2.90%               2.95%         1,717,760,524 
situation on the 
date on which 
threshold was 
crossed or reached 
 
Position of              0.05%              3.08%               3.13% 
previous 
notification (if 
applicable) 
 
 
 
 
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
threshold was crossed or reachedviii 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of         Number of voting rightsix            % of voting rights 
shares 
ISIN code (if              Direct           Indirect              Direct             Indirect 
possible)                (Art 9 of         (Art 10 of       (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of 
                      Directive 2004/  Directive 2004/109/ 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)  Directive 2004/ 
                      109/EC) (DTR5.1)   EC) (DTR5.2.1)                               109/EC) 
                                                                                    (DTR5.2.1) 
 
GB0030646508                                 733,591                                   0.04% 
 
US3617556069                                 210,628                                   0.01% 
 
SUBTOTAL 8. A                       944,219                                 0.05% 
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 
Type of financial     Expiration Exercise/               Number of voting rights % of voting 
instrument            datex      Conversion Periodxi     that may be acquired if rights 
                                                         the instrument is 
                                                         exercised/converted. 
 
Securities Lending    Open                                     49,627,072              2.89% 
 
                                 SUBTOTAL 8. B 1               49,627,072              2.89% 
 
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1) 
(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 
Type of          Expiration      Exercise/       Physical or cash  Number of     % of voting 
financial        datex           Conversion      settlementxii     voting rights rights 
instrument                       Period xi 
 
      Swap         30-Jul-2019                         Cash           162,312          0.01% 
 
                                                 SUBTOTAL 8.B.2       162,312          0.01% 
 
 
 
 
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation 
(please mark the 
applicable box with an "X") 
 
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural 
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii 
 
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or               X 
the 
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as 
necessary) 
 
        Namexv          % of voting rights if    % of voting rights      Total of both if it 
                       it equals or is higher     through financial      equals or is higher 
                         than the notifiable      instruments if it      than the notifiable 
                              threshold          equals or is higher          threshold 
                                                 than the notifiable 
                                                      threshold 
 
The Goldman Sachs 
Group, Inc. 
 
Goldman Sachs (UK) 
L.L.C. 
 
Goldman Sachs Group UK 
Limited 
 
Goldman Sachs 
International 
 
The Goldman Sachs 
Group, Inc. 
 
GSAM Holdings LLC 
 
GS Investment 
Strategies, LLC 
 
Goldman Sachs 
Investment Partners 
GP, LLC 
 
Global Long Short 
Partners Master LP 
 
The Goldman Sachs 
Group, Inc. 
 
GSAM Holdings LLC 
 
Goldman Sachs Asset 
Management, L.P. 
 
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 
Name of the proxy holder                       N/A 
 
The number and % of voting rights held         N/A 
 
The date until which the voting rights will be N/A 
held 
 
11. Additional informationxvi 
 
Please note, the total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal 
places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error. 
 
General email contact: 
[e-mail] 
 
 
 
 
Place of completion  London 
 
Date of completion   22/02/2018 
 
 
 
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